Mounting for store windows



July 30, 1929. T 1,722,300

MOUNTING FOR STORE WINDOWS Filed Nov. 8, 1927 INVENITOR MrZLn/XajgPatented July 30, 1929.

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MARTIN KATZ, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR no rants, iinN'r, cAN'roR,KATZ CORPORATION, or LONG ISLAND CITY, new YoaK, A CORPORATION or NEWYORK.

' MOUNTING FOR STORE WINDGW S.

Application filed. November 8, 1927. Serial No. 231,891.

or mouldings adapted to be connected to.

fixed window frames.

Heretofore, a considerable part of the vwork necessary in cutting,fitting and connecting the several parts together, has been done on theground, or, place where the mounting is required, thus entailingconsiderable expense both in time and labor.

The objects of the present invention include a form of constructionwhereby the essential parts of the mounting may be quickly cut to sizesand detachably fitted together at the factory. V

The objects also include a construction in which oppositely arrangedsash members are provided with clamping faces adjustably disposed tosecure glass of variable thickness. 7

Also, to provide sash members having parts of uniform cross section,including clamping means therefor adapted to be env gaged at differentpoints along the length thereof.

Also, to provide-sash members arranged.

with perforations adapted to jointly receive connection screws and serveas air and drainage passages for said members.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof. reference is had to the following description andaccompanying drawing, and to the appended claims in which the variousfeatures of the invention aremore particularly pointed out. I

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an exterior view shown in side elevation ofa window pane, and sash mounting embodying the present invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional elevationof a pair of windowsdisposed one above the other, together with the supporting framestherefor.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmental View, partly in section, of thepreferred means for clamping the sash memberstogether.

Figure 4 is a similar fragmental view showing a modified form ofclamping means.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal view of one of the sash members taken alongthe line 55 of Fig. 8. 7

Referring to Fig. 2 of the drawing, nu-

merals 10 indicate transverse sections of the window frame, and fixed tothe latter are the sash members 11 providedwith base parts 12 thatengage the oppositei'nner faces of the frame, the opposite side facesthereof being engaged by the mouldings and flanges pro- JBClElDg;outwardly from the bases 12 and Which serve to fixedly position thesashmembers 11 to the frame. Projecting from the interior walls 11a of thesash members 11 and extending the length thereof, are web sections 13having bearing faces which engagethe marginal edges of the glass 14 andvertically positionthe latter, the mar gmal side edges of the glass onthe interior surface thereof being engaged by thebearing faces 13aprojecting from the web sections 13.

The sash members 11 engage the four mari ginal edges of the glass,theends of. the

members being mitred as indicated by the diagonal lines 15, shown inFig. 1. V

For clamping the glass in position, movable sash members 16' areprovidedhaving bearingfaces 17 that engage themarginal. sideedgesojflthe glass on the exterior sure face thereof, the movable membersbeing= supported by the base" 12-of the fixed Sash The members 16 arealso promembers 11. vlded with inwardly extending web sections 18dlsposed adjacent the web sections 13 0f the fixed sash member, thelatter sections overlapping the former and serving to preventdisplacement of-the movable members from the base of the fixed members.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the movable sash members 16 also areprovided with projecting flanges 19 and 20, the 'free ends thereofresting upon the base 12 of the fixed sash members 11. These flangesextend the length of the sash members and are each provided withperforations or slots 21 adapted to receive the screws 22, the drivingheads thereof engaging the walls of the inner flanges 20 to advance themovable members and effect the clamping action thereof, while theouterfianges 19 permit thereof comprise parts having a uniform crosssection throughout their lengths, and in: construction, the metal usedis heated top,lastic condition and forced under compression throughsuitably shaped dies resulting in. a finished product commonly known asextruded metal.

- In: this form the sash members may be cut to the required lengths, andthe screw perforations or slots punched in the movable member 1 6 at thedesired points along the lengthv thereof, the screw threads obviouslybeingadapted to engage the ledges of the fixed sash members at any andall such points. As thus constructed the work. of

cutting and detachably fitting the several parts together may readily bedone at the factory, and then permanently reassembled in:.. the framesat the point of destination, where the glass may be inserted in thefixed sash members andi'retained therein by the movable sash members andclamp screws 22.

To 'provide for the circulation of air between the interior and exteriorsurfaces of the Windows, air passages or perforations 25' are formed inspaced relation through the web'- sections 13 of the fixed sash members11 and which communicate with the perforations and slots formed intheflanges 19- and 20 of the: movable s'ash member 16, these passages andscrew perforations also serving as drainage passage for the wash waterused for cleaning the windows. 7

For the accommodation. of certain situations, a modified form of screwconnection is shown. in Fig. 4, in which the screw-em gaging ledges 23are'formed in the movable clamping sash member 16*, with the body of thescrew passing through the wall 11 of the fixed sash member 11, and thedriving head of the screw engaging the outer surface of the wall.

I claim:

1 In a glass-n1ounting, a fixed frame, a sash member having a baseengaging the inner face of said frame, and side members projectingoutwardly from said base andengaging the side faces of said frame, saidbase havinga ledge extending lengthwise thereof and transversely shapedto engage the thread of a screw. 1

2. In a glass-mounting, a sash member having aseries o-flpartsarrangedto detachably support the glass, the said parts being integral and ofuniform cross throughout the length of said member, said parts includinga ledge extending lengthwise thereof and transversely shaped tooperatively engage the thread of a screw.

3. A sash member having a ledge extending along the length thereof, thesaidledge being transversely shapedto operatively engage the thread of ascrew.

4. A sash member having a plurality of ledges extendinglengthwisethereof, the said ledges being transversely shaped to operatively engagethe thread of a screw.

Signed New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this26thi day of' October, A. D. 1927.

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